January 2013
Been at this site five years now and have seen a lot of growth - both artistically and spiritually thanks to the many good friends I have met here. I work with Poserpro2012, photoshop CS6, PSPX2, Perfect Effects 3 and Photomatrix 4. I love working in the material room and continue to find lots of growth there. I also do a lot of postwork fixing, special affects, and framing, all for which photoshop is indispensible. I love doing postwork; no image is anywhere near complete without it.
In the last year or so I've added quite a bit of photography to my gallery. I started with a Nikon Coolpix 9100 point and shoot. It gives amazing quality and its small size makes it easy to pack around and just grab some shots as they come into my vision. I still use it for sneaky people shots but now I use a Nikon D5100 DSLR for my more serious keeper work. Had I known how all consuming my passion for photography would become I should have jumped to a D600 low end pro camera.In my gallery you will see mostly storylines based upon my own visions and versions of Mesopotamian Mythology, sprinkled with some Celtic works and an occasional pinup or two and quite a few special requests. I have long been a writer, though a terrible speller, and so most of my images come with a storyline or poem. No image seems complete to me without words to accompany them.In high school I trained in both the Sciences and Fine Arts but when I went to university I had to choose one or the other and so I went with the life sciences. Art dropped out of my life for a long time... though I never gave up my interest in archeology and mythology. I wound up with a graduate degree in the life sciences with majors in physical geography, ecology and evolutionary biology. My love of nature and a deep naturalistic spirituality eventually led me to the wikkan tradition.Some five and a half years ago I discovered poser after coming across some great 3-d art on the web and after some six months of stumble bum practice I joined this site.Doing this type of art has released many visions and stories that were locked up inside my soul for many ages. It has allowed me to explore the life and times of my primal spiritual ancestor, a girl also named Roxanne, who lived in the Sumerian regions. She whispers the stories of these classic legends in my mind and I create the images to go with them.My stories are mostly written as dialogue and they tend to be rather long. So grab a coffee, a tea or better yet a beer, kick back, relax and stay a while.I hope you enjoy your stay here.Hugs and blessed beRoxy
Comments (33)
Faemike55
Very cool work Roxy
abreojos
Superbly captured! Not that it makes me want to sit on the bench or anything like that, but a very fine capture of color and light!
magnus073
Fantastic work on this very cool capture Roxy, pardon the pun ;)
adorety
This is fantastic. Love the composition and simple subject. Your postwork on this one is focused and exceptional.
Richardphotos
the grip of winter is slow to release many parts. however it is beautiful
Dreamdesigner
Beyond the fantastic!! I love everything in this photo Roxy! :-)))) Absolutely goes to my favorits,superb capture my friend!:-))))
MagikUnicorn
Wonderful shot
mtdana
I love how the glint in the snow is so sharp and the bench is in full color. But it is not just a black and white with one colored object you really made it exceptional with the faint colors. The blue hue of the snow is beautiful, the green in just one tree is brilliant and the hint of pink in the sky really completes the image. You made an exceptional capture into a piece of artwork!!!
photosynthesis
Fine HDR work - I like the crispness of the bench & foreground snow & how it gradually fades to the slightly fuzzy trees in the background. You're getting a lot of mileage out of simple benches in the snow...
renecyberdoc
awesome nature.
SidheRoseGraphics
Wow, the colors and light in this are outstanding, Roxy! A really nice dedi! Beautiful postwork!
JuliSonne
A beautiful winter landscape. Excellent colored. The warm wood of the bench is like a sunbeam in the cold.
johndoop
Beautiful winter landscape...Let the spring begin!!!!!
nefertiabet
Excellent capture my frind, love it!!!
ragouc
GREAT....
vitachick
Great capture and excellant postwork!!!
GARAGELAND
SPEACHLESSSSS!!!!!!!! Top Shot and PW!
3dpoetry
Awesome
Sea_Dog
Nice work and postwork. Looking forward to more shots with that 11-16; ultrawides open up so much possibility.
Cyve
Fantastic work and very beautiful picture !!!
adrie
Stunning winter landscape capture Roxy.
Chipka
This shares so much in common with your rendered work, and that's a good thing. I think it's in the colors and the quality of light, the way that this is quite obviously a photograph of a place and yet the colors and the light combine to form a particular mood. Despite the benches, there's no human presence in here, not even an implied human presence (unless you count the photographer) and that simply heightens the mood by dipping it in a bath of ambient neutrality; this allows the image itself to conjure a whole range of emotions, and the almost-dreamy quality of the scene works so perfectly for me. This is quite marvelous work.
Tracesl
great pic, excellent
shingleboot
Wonderful image
dragonmuse
Superbly done!
mikeerson
gorgeous picture... looks so lonely, left all alone and waiting for sunny days, picknciks and laughter.
soffy
Amazing nature,a wonderful shot****
boobunny
Oh, wow! That is awesome!! I love it.
Rhanagaz
Great capture. Roxy - very symbolc as i see it. A meeting place, frosty?..A comment to our relations?..
Valeriya
Magically!! Very beautiful work!